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A-7 Paint kit and repaints...

Duckie said:
Hey Nigel, thank you, sir. You are too kind. How ya been? Well I hope. Hopefully your brush hasn't had much rest (translate that "Lockheed!"). ;-))
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LOL. No rest for the wicked, Steve.

Re; Lockheed - Dots and lines nearly done, always the most time cosuming part. Enjoyable though, as you well know - really gets you familiar with the aircraft you're working on.

Great to see ya matey - keep up the good work!

Nigel :encouragement:
 
Really great looking paints gents, I'll take them all, pre/post TPS and Air Guard! Also keen on a -195 paint to go with the rest of the air wing on the Kitty for future missions once I figure out how to make them.
 
Duckie said:
Now that's a thought. Where might one get a peek at the paint schemes for these 195 birds?

Speaking of peeks, here's a peek of the TPS fuselage I just finished. Tail, wings and bottom yet to do, as well as the 2-tone bottom demark.
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I did them already..they should be around here somewhere.
 
Should be up within the next couple of days...

195-1_zps5a9d6bdb.jpg


195-2_zps75e81b23.jpg


195-3_zps41aca8e3.jpg


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Wickedly awesome repaints, lads!

Zsolt, that "Euro One" scheme is very smart - very much "business" - lovely.

Steve, that TPS scheme looks great - looking forward to it.

cheers,

dl
 
I wondered if you'd do it - most pics I've seen of that scheme have it.

That said, no one would blame you if you couldn't, though. I understand the Virtavia A-4 has some kind of mapping glitch that prevents those kinds of bands from being done - I believe recall skyhawka4m saying that ... which is sad, since that band is very smart-looking on the A-4 schemes (Clansmen, etc.)

Wonderful work - looking forward to these!

dl
 
delta_lima said:
I wondered if you'd do it - most pics I've seen of that scheme have it.

That said, no one would blame you if you couldn't, though. I understand the Virtavia A-4 has some kind of mapping glitch that prevents those kinds of bands from being done - I believe recall skyhawka4m saying that ... which is sad, since that band is very smart-looking on the A-4 schemes (Clansmen, etc.)

Wonderful work - looking forward to these!

dl
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Thanks dl.

The A-4 fuselage top, aft of the cockpit back, is not mapped separately and so a lot of stretching causes huge deformities of any attempt a placing longitudinally shaped graphics anywhere in that area. Anything that varies off the vertical by more that a couple degrees is almost hopeless.

The Razbam A-7 has some deformity along the transition from the vertical to the horizontal but because the fuselage top is mapped separately I think kit can be worked out with patience and time. So fear it looks like it will work.
 
Duckie said:
Thanks dl.

The A-4 fuselage top, aft of the cockpit back, is not mapped separately and so a lot of stretching causes huge deformities of any attempt a placing longitudinally shaped graphics anywhere in that area. Anything that varies off the vertical by more that a couple degrees is almost hopeless.

The Razbam A-7 has some deformity along the transition from the vertical to the horizontal but because the fuselage top is mapped separately I think kit can be worked out with patience and time. So fear it looks like it will work.
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Steve, this is looking awesome. I always prefer fleet birds to the CAG birds for some reason. Makes it feel "more real" like every day operations. :)

Those warping lines are a pain, but if you can match the warp to the stretch of your artwork, thats where the experts show up! In any case, I will add this one to the hangar as soon as you release it!

Off to fly your most recent lo viz A-7! I am having to remind myself not to forget our A-4's!

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Duckie said:
VA-195_TPS "403" has been uploaded.

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OOPS! Guys, I was just informed that I forgot to include my generic set of specular files in the VA-195_TPS upload. Thanks to Eric Joiner for the catch!

EASIEST and QUICKEST FIX is to download any of my previous 3 A-7E repaints (VA-12, NATC, or VA-147) and copy ALL of the specular files from any one of these texture folders and paste them into your VA-195_TPS texture folder. There should be nothing overwritten as these spec files will be new to your VA-195 folder.

Here are the 5 file names you'll need.

Droptanks_t_spec.dds
FuselageA_t_spec.dds
FuselageB_t_spec.dds
parts_01_spec.dds
wings_t_spec.dds

I apologized for the SNAFU. Will try to do better next time! :stupid::rocket:
 
Duckie said:
OOPS! Guys, I was just informed that I forgot to include my generic set of specular files in the VA-195_TPS upload. Thanks to Eric Joiner for the catch!

EASIEST and QUICKEST FIX is to download any of my previous 3 A-7E repaints (VA-12, NATC, or VA-147) and copy ALL of the specular files from any one of these texture folders and paste them into your VA-195_TPS texture folder. There should be nothing overwritten as these spec files will be new to your VA-195 folder.

Here are the 5 file names you'll need.

Droptanks_t_spec.dds
FuselageA_t_spec.dds
FuselageB_t_spec.dds
parts_01_spec.dds
wings_t_spec.dds

I apologized for the SNAFU. Will try to do better next time! :stupid::rocket:
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Duckie, with payware releases coming out as "beta" that we all pay for happily...I see no problem with a little "beta" correction in an excellent repaint!!! :biggrin-new: :biggrin-new:

The real benefit for me locally is that I will add the generic *_spec files to all my local repaint copies unless they already have some from the author. This improves the whole experience locally for me thanks to you. (BTW, I did the same on my machine with Zsolts excellent pilot repaint with the MPU-5 gray helmet).

I cant wait for the tacpack enabled A-7. I've gotten to where I almost exclusively fly aircraft with tacpack because it makes the whole experience that much better. Now if Virtavia could just tacpack my A-4 I would be in HEAVEN!


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